So I read something here at SurvivorMaps about a lake called Zhelin and have been taking a closer look.

After looking all over Poyang lake--I can't believe that that would be the lake chosen. It seems to be way too popular and too much on the tourist circuit to work--I found lots of tour boats going up and down the lake. Seems like in the heart of summer that it would be way too hard to keep a secret there. And apparently the level of the lake can vary by as much as a third depending on the time of year and rainfall which would make it a little difficult to plan.

Far more off the beaten track is Zhelin Lake (it is confusing becase it is also called Che-lin and in some places Sanxiqiao). It is west of the Lu mountains but still close enough to be "considered in the "shadow of a sacred mountain". And I can't find any "tourist" info on it at all--which would be a very good point if you are production and want to keep a secret. I think it is a reservoir created when a Dam flooded an area. From GE there are lots of hidden corners that would allow for privacy.

And then there is this:

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Rare Peach Jellyfish

Recently people have spotted the peach jellyfish, a rare biological species over the water surface of Dinosaur Island of Zhelin Lake, Jiangxi Province. As is verified and confirmed by Hangzhou Institute of Biology, the peach jellyfish is a very ancient living creature, belonging to jellyfish coelenterate, or a small community under polypite class of cnidophore phylum. Unlike the ordinary jellyfish, the peach jellyfish lives in fresh water, which makes it an extremely rare species. It is briefed that the peach jellyfish has a living history of 1.5 billion years and is as precious as the panda. Before this, peach jellyfish was only seen at Zigui of the Three Gorges area.

Here is the GE view and the Dam at the end of the lake.

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Wezzie posted this @ sucks ...So it's official - the location is indeed Jiangxi. Where in Jiangxi is another matter. Nanchanglife has heard it on the grapevine that it's somewhere near the city of WuNing, possibly Zheling Lake. Anyone know if it'll be shown here in China?

The fifteenth season of Survivor (Survivor: China) will be filmed in Zhelin Lake of Jiujiang, Jiangxi. This region is also known as the Thousand Island Lake of Jiangxi.

Here is a Google image of Zhelin Lake (looks like a dragon). The local government is pretty smart, this is a great promotion opportunity!

Introduction to Zhelin Lake

Zhelin Lake is a freshwater lake formed by the construction of Asia's largest concrete (?) dam, the Great Zhelin Dam.

It is located in the northwestern corner of Jiangxi's Yongxiu County, 40km away from Nanchang. It's bounded 90km to the north by the world-famous Lushan, making it a superb location. Transportation is convenient, with Changjiu Expressway, the Jingjiu Railway, Changbei Airport and Routes 106 and 306 within 30-minute driving distance.

Zhelin Lake has a rich and unique biodiversity, and has been acclaimed as a "rare treasure".

The lake covers 308kmē of crystal clear water, and its average depth is 45m. With one being able to see nine miles across the lake, it is nationally classified as a First Class Water Body. Thousands of islands dot the lake, with 997 of them over five [Chinese] acres. In addition to that are the uncountable smaller islands, the lush vegetation, the lagoons and the mountain peaks.

By matching the mountain profile shown in this shot with what I get in GE I have a possible location for the place where the shot was taken at Zhelin Lake. Also, the shot was probably taken in the early morning when lake waters are still and glass like. The increased illuminance on the left of the shot (sunrise) suggests that the direction of the shot was to the south.

Forget about matching the shapes of the islands on GE

Any difference in the dam's water level when the satellite image was taken would result in different shaped islands.

1. Filming headquarters will be at Lujiaojian (#6 on this map, on the eastern end of the lake).2. The filming perimeter will stretch to Yangzhou in Wuning.3. More than 400 people are involved in the shooting.4. As of now, filming equipment, transport and other logistics have arrived at the lake.5. Shacks have been constructed on the south shores of the lake.6. Filming will last three months (three months?!).

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I don't think filming will be 3 months, usually, crew arrives many weeks in advance to setup things like TC, start challenges, and stuff like that, and then stay a few weeks after to clean up. That could account for 3 months, not all filming, but a lot of buzz around because it takes quite a few people??